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A few American gentlemen's clubs maintain separate "city" and "country" clubhouses, essentially functioning as both a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a country club in another: the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, [6] the New York Athletic Club in New York City, the Union League of Philadelphia ...
The Hippodrome was a music venue at 500 Beale Street in Memphis. The venue was opened in 1950 as a skating rink for African-Americans and later became a nightclub. [1] In 1955, the Hippodrome was reopened as the Club Ebony. In 1961, under new owners, it went back to being called the Hippodrome until its closure in 1968.
Winchester was born at Barksdale Army Air Field, near Bossier City, Louisiana, United States, and raised in northern Mississippi through age 12, when his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee. [5] Winchester was one of three children born to James Ridout Winchester Sr. (1917–1962) and Frances Ellyn Manire Winchester (1920–2010).
Andrew "Sunbeam" Mitchell (November 6, 1906 – August 22, 1989) was an American Memphis-based businessman. He operated the Mitchell Hotel which lodged well-known musicians, and soon he began operating nightclubs on the Chitlin' Circuit such as the Club Handy, Club Ebony, and the Club Paradise. Mitchell ran nightclubs for 40 years until selling ...
The neighborhood experienced a dramatic demographic change after being annexed by the city of Memphis on Thursday, December 31, 1998. According to the Census Bureau, the Black population increased dramatically by more than 450 percent between 1990 and 2000. The white population dropped 50 percent over this same period.
In 1965, Mitchell opened the Club Paradise at 645 E. Georgia Avenue in Memphis. He continued to run the Club Handy on the side until he purchased the building occupied by the Club Paradise in 1966. [11] Photographer Ernest Withers took some of his iconic images of Memphis nightlife at the Club Handy and the Club Paradise. [1]
The building was the headquarters for Memphis Light, Gas and Water from 1937 to 1970. [1] Later, the building was an office building known as the Winchester Building. [6] The Winchester Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2] The property went on the market in 2012 and was sold in 2014 for $1.26 million. [6]
Gentlemen's clubs in New York (state) (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Gentlemen's clubs in the United States" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.